Hard/Critical Technology/Advanced Materials & Manufacturing

Energetic Materials

The capacity to research, formulate and produce energetic materials, propellant and explosives chemistry, at the quality and scale national programmes require.
factbase.org/cap/XG4SE74C1K
World mean
4.2
of 20 · median 2.0
Range
0–20
middle half 0.0–7.0
Panel SD
±0.39
round 1 ±1.03 — the honest estimate
Leader
20
United States

Indicators

The measures seeded for this capability in the framework. They are candidate indicators: no cell in the index has a source document attached to it yet.

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 3
Advanced 11
Established 15
Transitional 12
Foundational 15
Nascent 31
Inception 110

All 197 nations

Best first. The score is the mean of the four adjudicators' round-3 integers, rounded to the nearest integer; ±SD is their spread on that cell. Where the spread is three points or more, read the number as a band rather than a value.

#NationRegionScoreBandPanel SD
1 🇺🇸United States Americas 20 Frontier ±0.43
2 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.00
3 🇫🇷France Europe 18 Frontier ±0.00
4 🇩🇪Germany Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
5 🇷🇺Russia Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
6 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 17 Advanced ±0.50
7 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 16 Advanced ±0.43
8 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.43
9 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
10 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.00
11 🇮🇹Italy Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
12 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.43
13 🇳🇴Norway Europe 15 Advanced ±0.50
14 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.50
15 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 14 Established ±0.50
16 🇫🇮Finland Europe 14 Established ±0.00
17 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.50
18 🇪🇸Spain Europe 14 Established ±0.43
19 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 14 Established ±0.00
20 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.71
21 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 13 Established ±0.50
22 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 13 Established ±0.43
23 🇨🇦Canada Americas 13 Established ±0.71
24 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.00
25 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.00
26 🇵🇱Poland Europe 13 Established ±0.00
27 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 13 Established ±0.43
28 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.00
29 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 12 Established ±0.43
30 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 11 Transitional ±0.83
31 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 11 Transitional ±1.00
32 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
33 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 10 Transitional ±0.83
34 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 10 Transitional ±0.71
35 🇷🇴Romania Europe 10 Transitional ±0.71
36 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.87
37 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
38 🇨🇱Chile Americas 9 Transitional ±0.83
39 🇬🇷Greece Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
40 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
41 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 9 Transitional ±1.09
42 🇦🇹Austria Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
43 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 8 Foundational ±1.50
44 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 8 Foundational ±1.78
45 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.50
46 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.71
47 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
48 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 7 Foundational ±0.87
49 🇵🇪Peru Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
50 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.43
51 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
52 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
53 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
54 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.50
55 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 6 Foundational ±0.71
56 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.43
57 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 5 Nascent ±0.83
58 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
59 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
60 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
61 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
62 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 5 Nascent ±0.71
63 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
64 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
65 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.50
66 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.43
67 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
68 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
69 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 4 Nascent ±1.78
70 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 4 Nascent ±0.50
71 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.50
72 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
73 🇦🇱Albania Europe 3 Nascent ±0.87
74 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 3 Nascent ±0.50
75 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 3 Nascent ±0.71
76 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.71
77 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.43
78 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
79 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 3 Nascent ±0.43
80 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 3 Nascent ±0.50
81 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 3 Nascent ±0.83
82 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 3 Nascent ±0.71
83 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.50
84 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.43
85 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
86 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
87 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
88 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
89 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 2 Inception ±0.50
90 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
91 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 2 Inception ±0.50
92 🇱🇾Libya Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
93 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 2 Inception ±0.50
94 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 2 Inception ±0.71
95 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 2 Inception ±0.87
96 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 2 Inception ±0.50
97 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
98 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
99 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
100 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 2 Inception ±0.87
101 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 2 Inception ±0.71
102 🇦🇴Angola Africa 1 Inception ±1.00
103 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 1 Inception ±0.50
104 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
105 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
106 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
107 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 1 Inception ±0.43
108 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
109 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
110 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
111 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
112 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
113 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
114 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 1 Inception ±0.50
115 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
116 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 1 Inception ±0.43
117 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
118 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
119 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 1 Inception ±0.71
120 🇲🇱Mali Africa 1 Inception ±0.83
121 🇲🇹Malta Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
122 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
123 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
124 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.71
125 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
126 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 1 Inception ±1.00
127 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.71
128 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
129 🇳🇪Niger Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
130 🇵🇦Panama Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
131 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.50
132 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
133 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 1 Inception ±0.43
134 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.87
135 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
136 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.87
137 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
138 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
139 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
140 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
141 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
142 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
143 🇧🇿Belize Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
144 🇧🇯Benin Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
145 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
146 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
147 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
148 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
149 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
150 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
151 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
152 🇹🇩Chad Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
153 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
154 🇨🇬Congo Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
155 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
156 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
157 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
158 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
159 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
160 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
161 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
162 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
163 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
164 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
165 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
166 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
167 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
168 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
169 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
170 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
171 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
172 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
173 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
174 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
175 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
176 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
177 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
178 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
179 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
180 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
181 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
182 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
183 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
184 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
185 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
186 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
187 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
188 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
189 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
190 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
191 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
192 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
193 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
194 🇹🇬Togo Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
195 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
196 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
197 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00

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CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Structural & Composite Materials3.80–20United States
Functional Materials & Coatings4.00–20United States
Nanomaterials & Metamaterials3.90–20United States
Superconducting, Magnetic & Photonic Materials2.50–19China, Japan, United States
Additive & Precision Manufacturing4.40–20United States
Advanced Chemical & Process Manufacturing4.70–20United States